Article-attacher.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

J. L. GREEN. ARTICLE ATTAGHER. APPLIOATIoN FILED me. 24, 190s.

N0 MODEL.

Patented Mayl'?, 1904.

PATENT EEicE.

JOHN-L. GREEN, OF JUNCTION CITY, ARKANSAS.

ARTICLE-ATTACH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,878, dated May 1'7,1904. Application filed August 24, 1903. Serial No. 170,587. (No model.)

70 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Junction City, in the county of Unionand State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article-Attachers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to means for c0- operation withspectacle-cases, memorandabooks, and kindred articles to prevent theirloss when carried in the pocket and also to provide convenient means forreceiving pens, pencils, and the like.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

W'hile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modiiication, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure1 is a front view of the invention, showing it applied to aspectacle-case and fitted to a pocket and having a pen and pencil inposition. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section on the line X X ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the base-plate. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the clip. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plate providedwith the pen and pencil holders. Fig. 6 is a vertical eentral section ofthe clip on a larger scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The base-plate 1 is adapted to be secured to the article in anycustomary way and is provided with spurs 2, which are pressed throughthe material and clenched, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. Ears 3project outward from the plate 1 near its upper end and are transverselyapertured t0 receive the journals of the clamp 4, which is pivoted atits upper end to the upper portion of the base-plate 1. A spring-tongue5 is cut from the plate 1 and is provided near its upper end with astop, which is adapted to limit the opening or outward movement of theclamp 4, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The ears 3, as well asthe spring-tongue 5, are integral parts of the base-plate and are formedby the cuts substantially as indicated.

The clamp 4 is provided at its upper end with offstanding journals 7,which are mounted in the ears 3, and at its lower end withinwardly-extending spurs 8 for engagement with the material 9 of thepocket to prevent casual displacement of the clip or the article towhich the clip is secured. A tongue 10 extends upward and rearward oftheclamp 4 and receives the outward pressure of the spring-tongue 5,whereby the lower or free end of the clamp is held pressed inward'against the plate 1. The tongue 10 is an integral part of the clamp andis cut therefrom and pressed rearward and upward and projects above theaxis of the clamp, so as to receive the outward stress of the spring,whereby the lower 0r free end of the clamp is pressed inward.

Arms 11 project laterally from the clip and terminate in holders 12,which are adapted to receive a pen. pencil, or like article,substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. The `parts 11 and 12 areindependent of said plate and parts of the plate 13, which is securedbetween the article and the base-plate 1. To prevent slipping of theplate 13, it is formed with a notch 14 to receive the lowermost spur 2of the plate 1. Any equivalent means may be provided between the plates"1 and 13 to el'leet the same result. i

As shown, the clipper device is aliixcd to a spectacle-case 15, and thearms 11 are curved, so as to embrace the edge portions of said case andbring the holders 12 opposite to the central line of said edges. Thespurs 2are passed through openings formed in the front portion of thecase, and their inner ends are clenched. Vhen the clip or device isdesigned for memoranda-books, cardfcases, and flat articles, the arms 11will be straight, so as to iit close against the side of the article towhich the clip may be attached. When the article is placed in thepocket, the front portion of the latter is gripped between the plate 1and clamp 4, and the spurs or teeth 8 entering the material preventaccidental displacement of ICO the article no matter' what position theperson may assume.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isf- Incombination. a clip comprising a plate provided with spurs projectedfrom the upper portion thereof and having portions pressed therefromforming ears, a spring-tongue integral with the said plate and disposedapproximately between the ears aforesaid and having a portion pressedtherefrom to form a stop, a clamp .journaled to the ears and having anupwardly and rearwardly extending tongue for cooperation with thespring-tongue, said clamp being limited in its upward movement by thestop carried by the spring-tongue,

a second plate having holders extended laterally therefrom and adaptedto be disposed in rear of the clip-plate to be held in place thereby, aspur projected from the lower portion of the clip-plate, the lowerpedgeof the secondary plate being notched to receive the spur projected fromthe lower portion of the clipplate whereby said secondary plate isprevented from displacement.

1n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. GREEN. [Ls] Witnesses:

J. H. WoRLY, J AY Simmons.

